Chapter 167: Fruit Trees Thinning Flowers (Asking for Flowers)
At night, it secretly rained lightly, and softly and gently sneaked into the night moisturizing things silently.
Zhang Taiping woke up in the morning and saw that the ground was damp again, so he just saved watering the lavender and watermelon seedlings. The leaves of the newly grown trees still hang with undripped beads, and the tender green color is washed away and the dust is even brighter.
Zhang Taiping ran around the side of the mountain a few times, I don't know when the bunches and clusters of spring flowers that had bloomed were knocked down by the rain, and the golden petals were scattered all over the ground, which was in response to the poem "The sound of wind and rain comes at night, and the flowers fall to know how much".
The years are silent, time flies, and before you know it, four or five days have passed.
Early in the morning, Zhang Taiping opened the wooden door in the backyard and put the ewes and four lambs on the uphill slope, and the big rooster also took the opportunity to lead a few young hens out to forage.
Before I got to the orchard, I smelled a smell of flowers. The morning air is exceptionally fresh, and the fragrance of flowers mixed in with it is particularly clear. But the trees in the orchard blossomed.
Zhang Taiping has never been in the orchard, Cai Yazhi and Fan Ming are cleaning up the weeds in the garden, and the fruit trees in the backyard have not given them special care because they have just come early in the morning, and the flowering is slower than the normal old trees, and now the buds are beginning to brew, so Zhang Taiping does not know most of the flowering in the orchard.
Zhang Taiping watered some space spring water by the way when he was fertilizing fruit trees last winter, so they bloomed a few days earlier than other similar trees.
The valley is a sea of flowers. First of all, it is the two pear trees planted by Zhang Taiping last year, there is a poem that says, "Suddenly like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms", that is said to be snowing in winter, the whole branch is covered with a layer of white snowflakes, as if thousands of pear trees bloom. And now, a white pear blossom tree is like a velvety white snowflake covered with snowflakes, as if it has returned to the heavy snow and covered the world in silver. The pear blossom is white, and the aroma is as light and elegant as the flower color.
Further inside, there is a cherry tree. If the pear blossom is compared to a fairy dressed in white and fluttering like a barefoot from the top of a snow-capped mountain, then the pale pink or pale white cherry blossom is a girl who seems to be infinitely shy, and her smooth, unpainted cheeks reflect the natural pale pink.
Halfway up the hill on both sides are pink peach blossoms. The peach blossoms are enchanting, like a young woman with a graceful figure and blushing cheeks. It is known as the face like a peach blossom, which is to describe the white and red on the face of a young girl or a newlywed young woman. Pluck a peach blossom and put it on the tip of your nose, like sniffing on the shoulder of a bewitching woman.
Zhang Taiping casually walked around the flowers in the orchard, feeling that this was a good scenery, so he went back to the house to get the camera, took pictures of the beautiful scenery in the valley from all directions, and gave a close-up of various flowers.
In front of a peach blossom, Zhang Taiping was finely adjusting the focus, but a bee appeared in the camera with its wings, and then stopped to pick up nectar on the petals, Zhang Taiping immediately pressed the shutter to record this moment.
If you look up and listen carefully, you can hear the buzzing of your wings in the air, and then you can look at the flowers, and sure enough, there are many bees busy on them. Zhang Taiping suddenly thought about whether he should also move some bees out of the space and make a few beehives outside. So that the honey can be taken out at any time, and there is a valid reason.
There was no rush to make beehive-like bees, Zhang Taiping hung the camera on the branches and began to collect the petals.
Now that the flowers in the orchard are blooming at their best, it is best to collect them and make Baihua wine. Most people in the world think that this kind of wine only exists in legends, but in fact, it is not, but the value of brewing is too expensive, the input and income are disproportionate, and it has no commercial value, so it is not produced on a large scale, and to be honest, it is impossible to produce it on a large scale. Zhang Taiping happened to know a generous way to brew this kind of wine, and couldn't help but itch and wanted to collect some petals and practice it himself.
But when he broke branches and picked flowers, he was not indiscriminate, but learned. When the fruit tree first blooms, if there is excess nutrition or no loss, it needs to be thinned if it is too dense. He then breaks off the excess branches according to the size of the branches, plucks the petals from them, and places them in a basket that he has prepared.
Zhang Taiping picked several baskets alone and didn't finish a few trees, it seems that this is a slow work, and it is unrealistic to do it alone. And the flowering period waits for no one, and it will wither after a few days, which not only misses the best time to pick flowers and make wine, but also delays the thinning of flowers, so it is necessary for a lover to come to help.
Place the picked flowers in the space, which is the best place to keep them fresh, and as long as his wishes are inconvenient, the things placed in it will always remain in their original state.
When he returned to the house, everyone in the family got up, and Zhang Taiping told Cai Yazhi about hiring someone to sparse flowers.
Cai Yazhi: Isn't it true that the more fruit you bear, the better?
Zhang Taiping shook his head with a smile and said: "This idea is not right, if you don't thin the flowers this year, there will indeed be a lot of fruit at the beginning, and the small fruits will be pressed all over the branches, and there will be a fruitful situation." But because there are too many fruits, the nutrition will not be able to keep up, and some will automatically fall off at that time, but there will still be a lot of left, and they will not grow big, and the final peach that should have grown into a fist can only be the size of an egg. The quantity is up, but the quality is not good, and it can't be sold, so it can only rot into your own hands. ”
Cai Yazhi heard this, and there were already 10,000 agrees in her heart to sparse flowers, and what she is most afraid of is that the fruit will not be sold at that time.
Zhang Taiping continued: "This is only the bad effect of this year, and next year due to the excessive exertion of this year's fruit trees, tired, next year's fruit will be three or two kittens can not become the climate." Therefore, the flowers must be thinned, and when the time comes to grow into small fruits, if they still feel dense, then they must also have vegetables and fruits. ”
Cai Yazhi nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
Zhang Taiping came to the village chief's house and told him about the people he was going to hire, and the village chief immediately informed the villagers. These days, the toons have just been sold out, and everyone is idle, Zhang Taiping's move can not only increase everyone's income, but also learn the knowledge of managing fruit trees.
"Uncle, just say that you only ask for women. This is a delicate job, women are careful, and men may not be able to do this work. Zhang Taiping said a word when the village chief informed him.
"Okay, no problem." The old village chief answered and turned on the loudspeaker to inform.
After breakfast, the idle woman came to Zhang Taiping's house. Hearing that it was about fruit trees, Han Miaomiao of Song Lan, who decided to make fruit trees with Zhang Taiping, also came together, stating that she was coming to help without labor fees, and by the way to learn some management knowledge and ask Zhang Taiping some questions.
The two of them are also really interested in this fruit tree, and both of them are the masters of the matter at home, saying that they have vigorously cultivated the fruit tree, and the husband can only fully support it.
Zhang Taiping also told the two of them the theory he told Cai Yazhi before the meal.
"Dashuai, we all obey you, and when the time comes, you can do what you say. If there's anything about the fruit trees, you should tell them in time. Song Lan was a little frightened after listening to Zhang Taiping's words, she was really happy for the flowers in her homeland at that time, if there was no handsome, it would be a big mistake.
Han Miaomiao next to her also had the same idea as Song Lan, this year's Chutian rain was good, plus last winter's fertilizer was sufficient, and there were a lot of flowers, she was also happy for a while. At this time, he quickly nodded and expressed the same thoughts as Song Lan.
"Don't worry, I'll tell you both of you what's going on." Zhang Taiping nodded and said.
Immediately, after the village chief recorded the names of the people who came, Zhang Taiping took everyone to the orchard and gave everyone a basket.
First of all, he demonstrated it to himself and said: "When the peach blossoms are preached, leave two inches between the flowers on each branch, pluck off the excess flowers in the middle and put them inside, and when they are full, they come to me and pour them out." The distance between the cherry blossoms is half smaller. Oh, and beware of bees stinging hands inside the flowers. ”
After a group of women understood Zhang Taiping's demonstration, they responded with a smile, and then each carried their baskets to the bottom of the tree and began to work.
When the women were gone, Fan Ming turned around and asked, "Big brother, what do you want these flowers for?" ”
Zhang Taiping tilted his head and said, "Have you ever heard of Baihua Wine?" ”
"Yikes! Big brother also makes wine? ”
Zhang Taiping nodded and said, "Of course it will, the wine shochu you drank last time was the fruit wine I brewed." ”
"Then, is it sweet when the potpourri wine is brewed?"
"It's also my first time brewing, so I don't know the specifics, but when the time comes, I'll add some honey to it, and it may come out sweet."
"Then I don't care, you must leave me a jar when the time comes."
Zhang Taiping nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, you're indispensable." ”
Fan Ming grinned, carried the basket like a flower butterfly and shuttled in between the trees and flowers, and also picked flowers.
Cai Yazhi also carried this basket and prepared to start, Zhang Taiping said: "You don't want to go in, find a few people to prepare lunch, let's take care of the meal today." Hurry up like this, otherwise it will be a bit troublesome if the flower is grateful. ”
Cai Yazhi put down the basket and went back to the house to find someone to prepare lunch.
It's not a tiring job, after a short break from lunch, then dry, sure enough, to save time, dare to comb all the fruit trees before dark. The petals alone piled up in a pile, Zhang Taiping took advantage of the fact that no one noticed that some of them were collected into the space, and the part left outside was also packed up and placed in the cellar.